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Ridley Scott has directed some of the best movies of
all time, Alien and Blade Runner notably. He is also a master of visual
style, managing to capture the eye with things as menacing as an Alien to
the dark future of the Planet Earth to the wondrous majesty of the Grand
Canyon. And while occasionally some of his movies make an impact, this is
one that didn't really impress me at all.
Thelma (Geena Davis) is a housewife caught in a terrible marriage and
boring life, her friend Louise (Susan Sarandon) is more of a free spirit
trying to get Thelma to enjoy herself. Louise plans a nice weekend getaway
and Thelma agrees to come and get away from her husband for a while.
No sooner have they left on there vacation, when Thelma is raped by
some Hillbilly. When Louise ups and shoots him dead. Things get worse and
worse for the two as the movie goes along until the final, very stupid
ending. Needless to say, I hated this movie.
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| VIDEO |
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This is an absolutely terrible transfer. It is very soft and has a lot of
noticeable problems. There is a huge amount of shimmering on the transfer
as well as many consistent MPEG artifacts as well. The colors were also
very patchy. Sometimes good, sometimes very muted. There were
numerous MPEG artifacts present throughout the movie and were very
annoying. The original film print also has some problems and serious
amounts of grain and scratches were visible also.
Thelma & Louise is framed at 2:35:1 and is 16:9 enhanced.
This is an RSDL disc. The layer change occurs at 64:25 this is the
worst layer change I have seen. The movie comes up with a terrible amount
of MPEG artifacts during the change. And the total amount of time the MPEG
artifacts last for is about 7 seconds.
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| AUDIO |
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Sound is shocking as well. This movie was made before Dolby Digital 5.1
really hit the theatre world. And it shows. This 5.1 remix is very poor
with shocking channel separation and a muddy soundtrack throughout. The
surrounds were not well utilized and separation between the two was
minimal. It really did sound like a bad Pro-Logic Track. The .1 channel
was also not used much.
There was also a Directors commentary in Dolby Digital 2.0
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| EXTRAS |
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Not a bad set of extras on offer.
Audio Commentary: Director: This track by Ridley Scott is
terrible. It is uninformative and boring. There are also huge gaps in the
commentary.
Alternate Ending: A great extra that shows the other ending
that was filmed. The quality is terrible but this is expected for
something that did not make it into the final cut.
Original Theatrical Trailer: An average trailer encoded in
Dolby Digital 2.0, 1:85:1 aspect ratio.
8 Page Booklet: This is just your standard MGM booklet with
production notes and chapter listings.
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| FINAL THOUGHTS |
| Terrible movie, terrible transfer, average extras. Why
bother! |
| 16:9
ENHANCEMENT |
DISC
RATING |
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REVIEW
EQUIPMENT
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Display:
48" Sony RPTV.
DVD Player: Panasonic A350 Player using S-Video Cables.
Receiver: Pioneer VSX-D508
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround.
Speakers: Accusound speaker
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Copyright © 2000 by [Roger
Ward].
Revised: 25 May 2000 22:37:29 +1100
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| Region
Coding: |
Region
4 |
| No of
Discs: |
1 |
| OFLC Rating |
M15+ |
| Running
Time: |
123
Mins |
| Case
Type: |
Black
Amaray |
| Release
Date: |
19/4/2000 |
| Catalog
Number: |
56727 |
| List
Price: |
$34.95 |
| Distributor: |
Warner
Bros. |
| Disc
Format: |
PAL |
| Disc
Type: |
Picture
Disc |
| Disc
Format: |
SS-RSDL |
| Chapters: |
36 |
| Macrovision: |
Yes |
| Manufacturer: |
WAMO |
| Aspect
Ratio:
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2:35:1 |
| Anamorphic: |
Yes |
| Film
Format: |
35mm |
| Dolby
Digital:
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5.1 Surround |
| DTS: |
None |
| PCM
Stereo: |
None |
| Other: |
None |
| Languages:
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English |
| Subtitles: |
Yes |
| Audio
Commentary: |
Yes |
| Theatrical
Trailer: |
Yes |
| Teaser
Trailer: |
None |
| TV
Spots: |
None |
| Dolby
Trailer: |
None |
| Documentary: |
None |
| Cast
& Crew Bios: |
None |
| Deleted
Scenes: |
Yes |
| Music
Videos: |
None |
| DVD Rom
Content: |
None |
| Collectable
Booklet: |
Yes |
| Scene
Access: |
Yes |
| Animated
Menus: |
None |
| Production
Notes: |
None |
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